shaftlike

English

Etymology

shaft +‎ -like

Adjective

shaftlike (comparative more shaftlike, superlative most shaftlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
   • 2007 June 8, Bridget L. Goodbody, “New York in All Its Nuts-and-Bolts Glory”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     One particularly eye-catching shot is a heroic portrait of the stalwart men who built the Williamsburg next to one of its caissons, the shaftlike structures that permit construction under water.